Adjustable-tab guide-card.



No. 850,245. PATENTED APR.16, 1907. F

E. M. NEWALD.

ADJUSTABLE TA B GUIDE CARD. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1996.

, UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

-- EDWARD M. NEWALI), or GILLETT, WISCONSIN. 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

ADJUSTABLE-TAB UIDE-CARD.

Patented April 16, 1907.

' .1 Application and July 25,1906. sa-a1 No. 327,624]

To will whom} it may concern;

' {Be it known that I, EnwAnD residing in'Gillett, in the county ofOconto and State of Wisconsin, have invented new Referring to the accomanying drawings,

' in which like characters reference indicate tion.

tion of the guide-card and its adjustable tab shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawin 's, 6 represents a guidecard, which isjwilihout the usualpermanent tab at its upper edge and is provided with a series ofregularly-spaced perforations 7 in-; stead, which perforations extendfrom one. end of the card to the other and at a short distance from theupper edge.

d b e frame 8,

The adjustable tab is forme which preferably consists of a plate ofsheetmetal bent upon itself toform an inverted-U shape in cross-sectionand to embrace the upper edge of the card 6 between its lower edges, asshown in Fig. 4. The frame isprovided with a short opening 9 on its faceand an 0 I osite lo er o enin 10 on the reverse si e,

P e g and a strip 11 0 cardboard or other material is held in the bendat the up er edge of the frame, so as to show throug the opening 9 anddisclose a name or other character marked thereon. The object of thelonger 0 ening 11 in the back of the frame is to fa- (1113311613116removal of the strip 11, so that it may be turned end for end orreversed to provide new s ace for other names or index characters. eframe 8 is adapted to be moved along the upper edge of the card 6, the

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lower ed e of strip 11 riding-on the upper edge of t 1e card,-andspring-tongues 12 are struck up from the front part of the frame andhave rounded rojections 13 formed at their ends to enter t 1e openings 7of the card,

' the two projections 13 being spaced apart the distance between thesaid 0 enings 7 With a guide-card prov ded with an adjustable tab ofthis construction the tab may quickly be moved from place to place andwill be securely held i1 its adjusted position,

the rounded projections 13 yielding to force when the tab is pushed toone side or the other and again springing into-openings 7 in the newposition of the tab, where it is held thereby against accidentaldisplacement. When it is desired to change'the name or other designationon the tab,it is only necessary to slide the strip 11 out of the frameby engaging it through the opening 10 in the back and replacing'it in adifferent position, either changing it end for end or reversing it. Withthis invention the change of the tabs of a card-index system madenecessary by the insertion of a new class can be quickly accomplishedwithout removing the index-cards from their place by simply forcing thetabs along the cards to their newpositions.

It is obvious that the particular construction herein set forth is notessential for carrying out this invention and that many modificationswithin the scope of the claims may be made therein. 1 What I claim asnew, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

- 1. A guide-card having openings therein, and a tab movably mounted onthe card and provided with means for engaging the openings for holdingit in its adjustments.

2. A guide-card provided with a, series of openings along its edge anda'tab slidable on the edge of the card and having spring means forengaging the openings to holdit in its adjustments.

3. A guide-card having openings therein, and a tab formed by a plate ofsheet metal bent upon itself to embrace the edge of the card andprovided with spring-tongues struck up therefrom with projectionsthereon for engaging the openings in the card.

4. A guide-card having openings therein, a tab formed by a plate ofsheet metal bent upon itself to embrace the edge of the card Intestimony whereof I affix my signature and provided with spring-Longucsstruck up in presence of two wltnesses. I

therefrom with rounded projections for en- I 1 i gaging the openings 1nthe card, and a renlov- I EDWA {D N PT able strip locnltod in the bondof the plate Witnesses: v and containing an index character showlngHERMAN BAER,

through an opening in the plate. BENJ. M. GOLDBERG.

